HCA Healthcare today announced its first national “Crush the Crisis” opioid take back day. On Saturday, September 7, approximately 65 HCA Healthcare facilities will partner with local law enforcement agencies to collect unused and expired prescription medications in 15 states. As a leading healthcare provider with 38,000 employed and affiliated physicians at its 184 hospitals and approximately 2,000 sites of care in 21 states and the United Kingdom, HCA Healthcare is helping to combat the opioid epidemic by ensuring patients have access to safer, more effective chronic pain treatment, raising awareness about the dangers of opioid addiction and providing proper disposal of these medications.

Fisk University, one of the nation’s historically black colleges and the oldest institution of higher learning in Nashville, Tennessee, and HCA Healthcare, a leading healthcare provider with 184 hospitals and approximately 2,000 sites of care in 21 states and the United Kingdom, today announced the creation of HCA Healthcare Scholars at Fisk University, a partnership designed to enhance opportunities for Fisk University students. The HCA Healthcare Scholars at Fisk University program will create scholarships and internship opportunities for high-achieving Fisk University students. In addition, HCA Healthcare will provide guest lecturers to inform and prepare students who may be considering a career in healthcare.

HCA Healthcare (HCA) today presented the HCA Healthcare Awards of Distinction to recipients at a ceremony in Nashville. HCA Healthcare is a collaborative healthcare network focused on embracing new opportunities and developing innovative approaches that deliver superior patient-centered care with warmth and compassion to every patient every visit. The HCA Healthcare Awards of Distinction celebrate the organization’s positive impact on patients, colleagues and communities by recognizing extraordinary individuals who exemplify HCA Healthcare’s culture and values.

HCA Healthcare, Inc. (HCA) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, HCA Inc., proposes to offer senior secured notes, subject to market and other considerations. HCA Inc. intends to use the net proceeds of this offering for general corporate purposes and the redemption of certain outstanding indebtedness. BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup and J.P. Morgan are acting as the joint book-running managers for the offering.

HCA Healthcare (HCA), a leading healthcare provider with 185 hospitals and approximately 2,000 sites of care in 21 states and the United Kingdom, today announced it has developed an algorithm driven, real-time system to more quickly identify patients with sepsis and help save lives. HCA Healthcare’s Sepsis Prediction and Optimization of Therapy, or SPOT, technology so far has been used with 2.5 million patients and, in conjunction with the use of evidence-based clinical interventions, has helped save an estimated 8,000 lives in the last five years. Sepsis is an overwhelming infection that can lead to total body failure, and approximately 270,000 Americans die from it each year, making it more deadly than breast cancer, prostate cancer, and AIDS combined, according to Sepsis Alliance.

HCA Healthcare (HCA), one of the nation’s leading healthcare providers, and Galen College of Nursing, one of the largest educators of nurses in the U.S., today announced that HCA Healthcare will become the majority owner of the parent company of Galen. The innovative new strategic partnership brings together two of the top nursing organizations in the country in order to increase access to nursing education and provide career development opportunities in nursing to improve patient care. With 94,000 registered nurses, HCA Healthcare is one of the largest employers of nurses in the country, with nurses holding positions from bedside caregivers in a variety of healthcare settings to leadership positions throughout the organization.

HCA Healthcare (HCA), a leading healthcare provider with 185 hospitals and more than 1,800 sites of care in 20 states and the United Kingdom, today announced a study published in the current issue of The Lancet and conducted exclusively at HCA Healthcare hospitals has shown an infection control technique achieved a 31 percent reduction in bloodstream infections and nearly a 40 percent reduction in antibiotic-resistant bacteria among non-ICU patients with central line catheters and lumbar drains. As a result of the study, HCA Healthcare has begun implementing the infection prevention protocol in its hospitals. “This reflects HCA Healthcare’s commitment to be a true learning healthcare system,” said Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, HCA Healthcare’s president, clinical services, and chief medical officer and one of the study’s authors.

HCA Healthcare (HCA), a leading healthcare provider with 185 hospitals and approximately 1,800 sites of care in 21 states and the United Kingdom, has been recognized for a 10th consecutive year as one of Ethisphere Institute’s World’s Most Ethical Companies. The Ethisphere Institute, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, honors companies who distinguish themselves through integrity, corporate character and marketplace trust. HCA Healthcare is one of 29 companies worldwide to be honored 10 times.

HCA Healthcare (HCA) today announced that its board of directors has appointed Meg Crofton as an independent director, effective March 1, 2019. Ms. Crofton will also serve as a member of HCA Healthcare’s compensation committee and patient safety and quality of care committee. Ms. Crofton spent the majority of her professional career at The Walt Disney Company (DIS) (“Disney”) until her retirement in 2015.

HCA Healthcare (HCA), a leading healthcare provider with 185 hospitals and approximately 1,800 sites of care in 21 states and the United Kingdom, today announced it has completed the purchase of Mission Health, a six-hospital system in Asheville and western North Carolina, for approximately $1.5 billion. “The team at Mission Health has been nationally recognized for providing high-quality patient care, and we’re excited that they’ve joined HCA Healthcare,” said Sam Hazen, CEO of HCA Healthcare. Mission Health, recognized as one of the nation’s top 15 health systems by IBM Watson Health in six of the past seven years, is now a new operating division of HCA Healthcare.